Darin's Top Speed 2 FE Conversion...

[Ub Hauled]

Darin, where did you buy the Jack Plate from?
I looked for one a while back and never found it...

[obrien]

Hey Guys... We ran these this weekend at a race with the Puget Sound Model Boat Club (a nitro club from which our club decended)... Was fun running at a combined race with the nitro boats... we ran separate heats, but I think everyone enjoyed seeing all the combined technologies...

We're starting to get these tunnels going well now... It's easy to get them going... takes a bit more work to get them going really fast... but we're honing in on it...

These shots of my boat were taken by Jerry Dunlap...

What speeds do these boats run in race trim? What setup did you end up running on the second boat?

[Darin Jordan]

The "Hi-Jack 3.5" motor mount is from "Capt Vic" on the International Waters forum... He sometimes has them listed on E-Bay as well, though I haven't seen one in awhile...

The boats are nearing 40-mph in the pics... I think there is more there... we haven't even started really tweaking props yet... Much faster, and the TS-2 needs a tad bit of work to make it handle well... but at these speeds, it's very drivable and fun to compete with...

On my WoodStuff 3.5, I'm going to run the identical setup inorder to compare the differences in hulls... Should be interesting...

[obrien]

What kind of speeds are needed to be competitive? I am assuming that this is the boat with the SV motor?

[Darin Jordan]

Since we are all running SV27 power systems... these speeds are competitive... They are a tad slower than a REALLY good 3.5 Stock Nitro boat... but not by much...

We are going to be testing the idea of running 2S2P setups and 4S1P setups against each other in a "Mod" class this summer... should be interesting... since it's claimed that 2S2P and 4S1P have the same available "power"...

[obrien]

ok. The idea here is to all run the same motor, so the best setup/driver will come out on top. When you said the boat would run better once you started working on props, I figured you speeds would go up a quite a bit more.

[SJFE]

I'll be taking the second one from here :D.

[properchopper]

another fine mess you've gotten me into !!

Got home from work at 7 p.m. with the big box at the door. Here's as far as I've gotten by 10:30; thanks for the radio box plans. Will check out the Hyperformance lower unit tomorrow. This is all your fault , Darin ! lol

[Darin Jordan]

Got home from work at 7 p.m. with the big box at the door. Here's as far as I've gotten by 10:30; thanks for the radio box plans. Will check out the Hyperformance lower unit tomorrow. This is all your fault , Darin ! lol

Sorry!! NOT!!

Say, at the aft end of that box... you'll do yourself a big favour is you cut that flat... In other words, trim the back of the box to get rid of the section that angles... It'll give you more room to run wires, steering, and water lines out of it... Just cut it straight up from the base of the angle where it meets the bottom... See attached pic...

[properchopper]

Thanks, looks like a sensible mod. Glad I didn't start glueing last night. BTW ; what method of attaching the box to the hull do you recommend ?

[Darin Jordan]

... what method of attaching the box to the hull do you recommend ?

I just used a dab of shoe-goo under the front and back on my first one... Probably do something similiar with this one... I also taped around the parimeter on the first one.. just to help keep water from getting trapped inder it... I've seen others just use velcro, but since it's housing the steering, I figured I wanted mine a little more solid than that...

My WoodStuff box is held down with a pair of screws... There may be structure there on the TS-2 to do that, but I haven't tried...

[ice329]

Daren do you have actual plans for the box. I got mine up and ready to start a box. If you got actual plans I would really apreciate it.

I tryed to figure a way to fit the actual SV box... so easy but no matter what I cant justify cutting the cowl to fit it....

[Darin Jordan]

No problem... Here are the original plans I drew up... actually just tracings I did and scanned... Line up the sheets and you should be set... NO two of these hulls are exactly the same, so fit as you go... The drawings are in .pdf format, so hopefully you have Adobe...

TS-2 Radio Box Drawings

Hope this helps...

[ice329]

Big Thank You

[properchopper]

Whew !!

Box is mostly completed. Thanks for the plans, D. Were a big help. Fits into hull like a glove. Should start the drive system next week. Be prepared for more questions :D